He said O'Pray then clamped his mouth around the bassist's finger and despite the effort of two people to prize O'Pray's jaw open it was only when the bassist squeezed the defendant's testicles that the brawl came to an end.

However the peace was short lived. Mr Jones said: "He picked up my cymbal and was wielding it like a big axe."

Mr Jones said he tried to wrestle it free from his grasp but O'Pray was too strong and hit him round the head with it.

The prosecutor told the jury O'Pray then turned to face the 70-strong crowd and offered to take them all on before allegedly grabbing a stool and hurling it across the pub where it smashed in a girl's face.

Mr Morley said: "Sarah Timms came back from the toilet and turned around to find that a stool was flying towards her face. It broke her nose and caused her to require eight stitches."

He said O'Pray eventually left the pub and police arrived to find the defendant on the floor outside after members of the audience took him up on his offer of a fight.